Events

The festival of consciousness: Collaboration as the new engine of the economy

In this meeting we will talk about:

Capitalism has developed in recent centuries under the paradigm of the profit motive and competitiveness as the driving force of the economy. There is no doubt that it is from Adam Smith's famous invisible hand that this paradigm brought humanity out of the middle ages, just as the collateral effects of pursuing self-interest at any cost are destroying the planet.

In this meeting we will analyze how the collective awareness of these side effects is progressively transforming the old coordinate system of traditional capitalism and replacing it with a new one that puts purpose before profit and collaboration before competition.

Wikipedia is perhaps the most paradigmatic example of this new collaborative economy model, but not the only one. The Festival of Consciousness, which will take place in Barcelona on July 29 and 30, is the largest collaborative event ever organized that will bring together some of the world's brightest minds to show that a new business mindset is emerging and that its progression is unstoppable.

The business world is called to know, guide and get involved in this new paradigm.

Do not miss out!. We will meet the founding team and speakers at the festival, in which EADA Business School actively participates.

Date: July 13th, 2022
Time: from 18:30 to 20:00h
Event format: In person. Auditorium and drink at the end of the meeting.

Speakers: 

• 18:30: Welcome to EADA
• 18:35-19:00: Xavier Ginestà. Co-founder of the Festival of Consciousness and President of Voxel Group . PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• 19:00-19:15: Franc Ponti. Professor and expert in Innovation and Creativity at EADA Business School. Control, trust, money, transparency, hierarchies or self-managed groups... Why support the Festival of Consciousness and what is changing in the business world.
•  19:15-19:30: Interaction between attendees and speakers.
• 19:30-20:00: Networking and drink.

Registration required in the following form.

About the speakers:

Xavier Ginesta

PhD in Electrical Engineering from New York University and president of Voxel Group, a Barcelona-based company and world leader in electronic billing and payment in the tourism sector. Passionate and committed to contributing to building a more conscious world, which is expressed through his leadership at Voxel considered the best place to work in Catalonia in 2019 and 2020 according to the Best Workplaces ranking, Xavier is directly involved with the Conscious Capitalism Foundation, of which he was CEO in 2019.

Co-author of the book "Humanitas" with Sergi Torres, it is an invitation to reencounter ourselves and ask ourselves, from the beginning, who we are and towards what future we are heading. Xavier is an active communicator on current issues such as science, happiness, humanism, technology and consciousness.

Franc Ponti

PhD in Economics and Business from the Universitat de Vic (UVic), a degree in Humanities from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), a Master in Information Society (UOC) and a diploma in Organizational Psychology and Business Management from EADA. He recently attended seminars on Negotiation and Innovation at Harvard University (MIT), Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford University, and Leading at the Edge at ESALEN (California). Franc is an expert in creativity and innovation, as well as negotiation and conflict. His latest publications are "If it works, change it" (2010), "Creative Intelligence" (2013) and "Innovate and Ask" (2016). He constantly travels around the world giving lectures and seminars for companies and institutions through EADA and Thinking Heads. He is a full-time professor in the Department of Strategy, Leadership and People at EADA.